Yesterdays blog today

Found that quote on a blog. I liked it so I thought I would share it. I have a mixed post that I was going to do yesterday but didn't manage it. The spoon and spatula I have already put in the blog but forgot I did( I just went back to check, woops). The draw shaves on the saw horse I made when I was still at Gunstock. I think I made six of them, giving at least three away. The small ones were made with old chain saw bars. The big ones are pieces of spring steel from the grooming tractors.

The night stand with the slanted piece(I did that on purpose thinking it would look nice, but it just looks like a mistake) is something I made for Brelle's room. I liked how it came out, except for the slanted piece.

I have made lots of trellises for the garden. They are pretty similar to each other but naturally are all unique. I made an arch trellis for the entry to the garden years age that will probably need replacing this year. I never treated it and the legs sat in the dirt so it has slowly rotted, getting shorter each year.

Early on the kids shared some of my enthusiasm for rustic work but it was short lived. We made miniature chairs one day. Brielle has hers in her hands. Cody put baseball leather on his seat. He still has the completed chair but Brielle's was never glued and fell apart, never to be put back together again. Mine suffered a similar fate.

Here are a couple of pics from work yesterday. We are in Manchester Mass. for these pics. We were right on the ocean. These courts are made with quick dri. I guess it is a silica based product that has some sort of binder in it that gets hard after it has gotten wet. All the courts we have worked on so far are this type. We went through the same process as the day before but we also put down the lines. Matt, my boss, is rolling out one of the side lines. Then we all nail the lines down with long aluminum roofing nails. Pretty exciting huh? At least I am working and learning and am outside enjoying the weather....